大英博物館晚清特展

Wan Qing Bai Tai, the special exhibition of the British Museum of Art, is hard to find. More than 300 treasures have been exhibited. This is not seen in China. Its English name is The Hidden History. Shouldn't this humiliating history be seen by more people? The first item to be exhibited is the Qing Qianlong Holy Tablet. This thousand-year foundation of this thousand-mile country is unfolding in front of us. At that time, the large map was 13 million square kilometers. Now it's 9.6 million. One-third of it has been cut off. The phoenix robe of Empress Dowager Cixi was borrowed from the Grand Library. Huge phoenixes, each feather is gold-threaded. Wars broke out outside the palace. Cixi changed ten sets of such clothes a day. Gradually exquisite. Elegant Chinese clothes. The embellishment of women's crowns is extraordinary. It's still meaningful after hundreds of years. Puyi gave a vase to George V. It's the most beautiful treasure in the world. It's eye-catching for foreigners. But this scene won't make the Chinese feel any pride. Behind this luxurious banquet is the turbulent killing of the Taiping Empire. It's the military expenses of the Beiyang Navy. In the three-inch gold chain, the Chinese women are trapped. They can never sell their big feet. The imperial decree is carried by the last dynasty. Uncountable glory and indignation. This is the famous original version of the Nanjing Treaty. It's full of dead dogs. Even if the history has turned yellow. It's still an eternal thorn in the hearts of the Chinese. At the bottom of the exhibition, it says. This is the first unequal treaty signed by China and Lieqiang. The West admits that the treaty is unfair. Does it also prove the rise of contemporary China? The portrait of Madame Li is the protagonist of this exhibition. Looking at her face and figure. On a certain standard. She is neither beautiful nor grand. The first sentence of the British Museum's introduction to Chinese cultural relics is. The Chinese have created the world's largest and longest civilization. When history is shown to us. Behind every piece of exhibition. It carries a heavy period of time. Whether it's glory or shame. We all hope that more people can see it.